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This feature documentary profiles a bustling Indian shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions.

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We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; piles of ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; wires;
ships and yard; man sweeping tin plate; end of ship's hull being
cut; engines; sorting and cutting cables; cutting crew on ship;
cutting superstructure; superstructure falls away; workers on
ship's stern; section topples over; Bhavnagar: metal being cut
at strip mill; blast furnace with metal being extracted; Alang:
shop selling wood; buyers inspecting tea urns; man carrying wood
off in cart; Bhavangar: MaritimeBoard building, Chairman of
Gujarat Maritime Board H.P. Jamdar sot, partially underlaid;
Alang Yard: welder, sparks from superstructure, side of tanker
collapses, oil burning from hidden tanker, yard with work in
progress (WTN).
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The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

Courtesy Salim San.
The moment of a cross-channel ferry's seafaring days came to a grinding halt. The ship sailed between Dover and Calais for 22 years.
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The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world.It is considered the world's largest graveyard of ships.

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BigCargo ship is beaching/crashing full speed for demolition into shore, workers risk their lives and health to break down these ships. Look how far they can push it onto the beach!
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Ship breaking

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render them uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steel-making process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be reused. While ship breaking is, in theory, sustainable, there are concerns about the use of poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is also considered one of the world's most dangerous industries and very labour-intensive.

In 2012, roughly 1,250 ocean ships were broken down, and their average age is 26 years. In 2013, Asia made up 92% of the tonnage of vessels demolished, out of a world total of 29,052,000 tonnes. India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan have the highest market share and are global centres of ship breaking, with Alang being the largest 'ships graveyard' in the world. The largest sources of ships are states of China, Greece and Germany respectively, although there is a greater variation in the source of carriers versus their disposal. The ship breaking yards of the Indian subcontinent employ 100,000 workers as well as providing a large amount of indirect jobs. Water-craft produce 10% of India's steel needs.

The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, she was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.

Gujarat

Gujarat (/ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːt/Gujǎrāt[ˈɡudʒ(ə)ɾaːt]) is a state in the western part of India known locally as Jewel of the Western part of India. It has an area of 196,204km2 (75,755sqmi) with a coastline of 1,600km (990mi), most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula, and a population in excess of 60 million. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the north, Maharashtra to the south, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea, as well as the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Its capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. Gujarat is home to the Gujarati-speaking people of India.

The state encompasses major sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, such as Lothal and Dholavira. Lothal is believed to be one of the world's first seaports. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch and Khambhat, served as ports and trading centres in the Maurya and Gupta empires, and during the succession of royal Saka dynasties from the Western Satraps era, whose geographic territories included Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, South Sindh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh states.

In armed conflict and in daily life, ships have become an integral part of modern commercial and military systems. Fishing boats are used by millions of fishermen throughout the world. Military forces operate vessels for naval warfare and to transport and support forces ashore. Commercial vessels, nearly 35,000 in number, carried 7.4billion tons of cargo in 2007. As of 2011, there are about 104,304 ships with IMO numbers in the world.

Ships were always a key in history's great explorations and scientific and technological development. Navigators such as Zheng He spread such inventions as the compass and gunpowder. Ships have been used for such purposes as colonization and the slave trade, and have served scientific, cultural, and humanitarian needs. After the 16th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to the world population growth.Ship transport has shaped the world's economy into today's energy-intensive pattern.

Where Ships Go to Die, Workers Risk Everything | National Geographic

In Bangladesh, men desperate for work perform one of the world's most dangerous jobs. They demolish huge ships in grueling conditions, braving disease, pollution, and the threat of being crushed or stabbed by steel sliced from the hulls.
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1:12:52

Shipbreakers

Shipbreakers

Shipbreakers

This feature documentary profiles a bustling Indian shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions.

22:05

The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

Ravenna arrives in ship breaking yard

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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6:05

India - Ship Breaking

India - Ship Breaking

India - Ship Breaking

RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; piles of ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; wires;
ships and yard; man sweeping tin plate; end of ship's hull being
cut; engines; sorting and cutting cables; cutting crew on ship;
cutting superstructure; superstructure falls away; workers on
ship's stern; section topples over; Bhavnagar: metal being cut
at strip mill; blast furnace with metal being extracted; Alang:
shop selling wood; buyers inspecting tea urns; man carrying wood
off in cart; Bhavangar: MaritimeBoard building, Chairman of
Gujarat Maritime Board H.P. Jamdar sot, partially underlaid;
Alang Yard: welder, sparks from superstructure, side of tanker
collapses, oil burning from hidden tanker, yard with work in
progress (WTN).
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Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

Final destination: Ferry crashes into ship-breaking yard in Turkey

Courtesy Salim San.
The moment of a cross-channel ferry's seafaring days came to a grinding halt. The ship sailed between Dover and Calais for 22 years.
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World's largest ship breaking yard Alang........(1)

World's largest ship breaking yard Alang........(1)

World's largest ship breaking yard Alang........(1)

The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world.It is considered the world's largest graveyard of ships.

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Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

BigCargo ship is beaching/crashing full speed for demolition into shore, workers risk their lives and health to break down these ships. Look how far they can push it onto the beach!
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The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh: VICE INTL

There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed world have displaced the practice to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where cargo carriers are salvaged for their steel.
The largest vessels wind up on the shores of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where the industry has become a vital part of the country's urbanization. It employs roughly 200,000 workers and supplies the country with 80 percent of its steel. Ship breakers beach and dismantle vessels daily wearing flip­-flops and T-shirts. It's no easy task, considering ships are constructed to withstand the elements for the 30 years they spend operating on international waters. We decided to check it out.
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Gadani Ship Breaking Yard Incident

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Reportedly, the labourers were working on an unused oil tanker when the incident occurred.
The local administration has also sought assistance from the Karachi fire brigade authorities to control the situation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief over the incident and directed the concerned authorities to speed up rescue operation.
Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world‘s third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani.
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World's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat - Alang

Indian labourers working at a ship breaking site in Alang, Gujarat, India.There are 185 plots to carry out the ship-recycling activities. This activity forms an industry by itself , as it provides around 30,000 jobs in Alang itself and generates steel totaling to millions of tons every year.
Alang beach (Gujurat, India) is one of the main ship breaking yards in the world.
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India.Alang is known as land of lakes and temples. However today Alang is known for being Asia's largest and world's one of the most important ShipRecyclingYard where various material like Melting scrap, CastIron Scrap (Beed), RollingMaterial, Profile Plates, Marine Machinery, Marine Engine, Diesel Generating Sets, Electric Motors and so many other items which are available in huge quantity of various qualities are mostly tested and certified by the world famous Lloyds Certifying Co. of England.
As per the international reports, more ships for demolition are expected for Alang as Ocean freight is very down. Presently, Alang & Sosiya has 94 ships under demolition.
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Danger: The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh

What would you do for $3 a day? Sneeze? In Bangladesh that’s the pay in an industry where it’s a good shift if you aren’t maimed, or die.
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- The steel from the ships gets melted down and used in the construction of new buildings.
- There are no environmental regulations or labor rules in Bangladesh.
- 25% of the ship breaking workforce is under 18.
- On average, 2 workers are killed on the job each month.
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- They handle asbestos, PCBs and other hazardous waste.
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Jahre Viking Ship, one of the Largest Man Made Moving Machine!

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.[5][6] It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service.[7] It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field.[8]
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, it was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.

3:24

largest oil tanker in theworld

largest oil tanker in theworld

largest oil tanker in theworld

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully loaded, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service. It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs it was sailed to and intentionally beached at Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap
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Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built in History

Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built in History

Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built in History

Top 10 Biggest ShipsEverBuilt in History
Which ship is the largest ship of the world? The very first name which comes to our minds is the Titanic. Undoubtedly Titanic was one of the most famous ships which met with quite a memorable trouble on its first journey. There are many other giant ships of which most of us are not aware. Here we have brought a list of top 10 biggest ships ever built in history. Some of them are scrapped and some are in active service.
The world’s biggest ships are listed according to their overall length, deadweight tonnage and gross tonnage. The list includes the current record-holders, either as individual ships or ship classes, of each major ship type as well as some former record-holders and larger vessels that have been scrapped.
10. TI Class Supertanker
The deadweight tonnage of TI Oceania is around 440,000 tones along with the speed capacity of speed between 16 to 18 knots. TI Oceaniais a master piece ship highly laden with technology to hurdle all the obstacles which might occur during the journeys. The length of TI Oceania is 380 m (1,247 ft).
9. Berge Emperor
The ship weighed 211,360 tons and had a length of 381.82 meters. The ship was owned by Bergesen d.y. & Co. but in the year 1985 it was sold to Maastow BV. and the ship’s name was changed to “Emperor”. The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung on the 30th of March 1986.
8. CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt
The length of the massive big ship is 396 m (1,299 ft). The deadweight tonnage of CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt is almost 187,624 tones.
7. Emma MaerskIt’s a Container ship which carries different goods from country to country. It is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) or 14,770 TEU depending on definition. The length of the massive big ship is 397.71 m (1,305 ft).
6. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
Along with her sister ships, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is the world’s largest and most efficient operational container ship as of 2013, totalling 399 metres (1,309 ft) in length and with a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers. She has a maximum speed of 23 knots.
5. EssoAtlantic
Esso Atlantic is one of the most popular name in the history of the big ships. This huge ship, 406.57 m (1,333.9 ft) long has an incredible deadweight capacity of 516,891 tons. Esso Atlantic has served the world with its consistent services level of straight 35 years. There’s no need to say that it used to be the best ship of its time.
4. Batillus
With the deadweight capacity of almost 554,000 tones and the speed 16 to 17 knots and length of 414.22 m (1,359 feet), Batillus was the 4th biggest ship. She made her last journey on December 28, 1985, from Vestnes to Kaoshiung (Taiwan).
3. Pierre Guillaumat
The deadweight tonnage of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 555,000 tones with near about 16 knots of speed. The length of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 414.22 m (1,360 feet).
2. Seawise Giant
It was built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd. at their shipyard in Japan. During the Iran-Iraq War it was damaged by an air force attack. It was sank and was considered completely lost. However the wreckage was salvaged and repaired. After the repairs she was back in service as Happy Giant.
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After that, it was intentionally beached in India for demolition. Along with the title of being the biggest ship of the world at that time, it also holds the title of being the biggest Oil tanker type ship ever built.
1. Prelude FLNGPrelude is the biggest ship of the world ever built till present. A hull longer than the Empire State Building is tall, was launched in South Korea in December 2013. Measuring 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 74 m (243 ft) wide, the hull belongs to Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which is the largest floating facility ever built. More than 260,000 tonnes of steel is used in its construction. In operation, it would weigh more than 600,000 tonnes; more than five times the weight of the largest aircraft carrier.
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Top 10 Largest Ships In The World

Top 10 Largest Ships In The World

Top 10 Largest Ships In The World

In this video I tried to describe the top 10 largest ships in the world. There are many Large ship in the world but some of them are largest in size. Here is the list of 10 largest ships in the world.
10. Q-max= Q-max is one of the largest ship in the world. This ship was made by Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. In total, contracts have been signed for the construction of 14 Q-Max vessels.
9. Queen Mary 2= Queen Mary 2 was the longest passenger ship ever built. Queen Mary 2‍ '​s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. There are also kennels and a nursery on board.
8. Oasis class= The Oasis class is a class of Royal Caribbean International cruise ships which are the world's largest passenger ships. Oasis-class ships feature a split structure, with the 5-deck high "Central Park" and "Boardwalk" outdoor areas running down the middle of the ship. These areas feature lush tropical gardens, upscale restaurants, shops, and a working carousel.
7. Valemax= Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed. The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil, was delivered in 2011. Initially, all 35 ships were expected to be in service by 2013, but as of June 2015 one ship is still under construction.
6. TI class= The TI Class of ships are currently the four largest ships in the world. All four oil tankers were constructed for shipping company Hellespont by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2002-03.
5. Pioneering Spirit= Pioneering Spirit is the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel built for the Allseas company. In June 2010 the main construction contract was signed with South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd at Geoje.
4. CSCL Globe= MV CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes,[5] it was the largest container ship in the world at the time of its launch in November 2014.
3. EssoAtlantic= Esso Atlantic, built 1977. 1983 Transferred to Bahamian flag owned by Esso InternationalShipping (Bahamas) Co Ltd, Nassau.
2. Batillus class= The Batillus-class supertanker was a class of tanker ships built in France at the end of the 1970s. While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage, the four Batillus class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant (renamed four times, including Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2009.
1. Seawise Giant= Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, she was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.
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The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give ...

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Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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India - Ship Breaking

RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; p...

Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,00...

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The moment of a cross-channel ferry's seafaring days came to a grinding halt. The ship sailed between Dover and Calais for 22 years.
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World's largest ship breaking yard Alang........(1)

The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world.It is considered the world's largest graveyard of ships.

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Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

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The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh: VICE INTL

There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed world have displaced the practice to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where cargo carriers are salvaged for their steel.
The largest vessels wind up on the shores of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where the industry has become a vital part of the country's urbanization. It employs roughly 200,000 workers and supplies the country with 80 percent of its steel. Ship breakers beach and dismantle vessels daily wearing flip­-flops and T-shirts. It's no easy task, considering ships are constructed to withstand the elements for the 30 years they spend operating on international waters. We decided t...

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Gadani Ship Breaking Yard Incident

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The local administration has also sought assistance from the Karachi fire brigade authorities to control the situation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief over the incident and directed the concerned authorities to speed up rescue operation.
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World's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat - Alang

Indian labourers working at a ship breaking site in Alang, Gujarat, India.There are 185 plots to carry out the ship-recycling activities. This activity forms an industry by itself , as it provides around 30,000 jobs in Alang itself and generates steel totaling to millions of tons every year.
Alang beach (Gujurat, India) is one of the main ship breaking yards in the world.
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India.Alang is known as land of lakes and temples. However today Alang is known for being Asia's largest and world's one of the most important ShipRecyclingYard where various material like Melting scrap, CastIron Scrap (Beed), RollingMaterial, Profile Plates, Marine Machinery, Marine Engine, Diesel Generating Sets, Electric Motors and so m...

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World Biggest Ship - Jahre Viking Supertanker

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully loaded, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built. It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service. It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field.
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Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.[5][6] It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service.[7] It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field.[8]
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Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully loaded, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service. It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and re...

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Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built in History

Top 10 Biggest ShipsEverBuilt in History
Which ship is the largest ship of the world? The very first name which comes to our minds is the Titanic. Undoubtedly Titanic was one of the most famous ships which met with quite a memorable trouble on its first journey. There are many other giant ships of which most of us are not aware. Here we have brought a list of top 10 biggest ships ever built in history. Some of them are scrapped and some are in active service.
The world’s biggest ships are listed according to their overall length, deadweight tonnage and gross tonnage. The list includes the current record-holders, either as individual ships or ship classes, of each major ship type as well as some former record-holders and larger vessels that have been scrapped.
10. TI Class Supertanker...

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Top 10 Largest Ships In The World

In this video I tried to describe the top 10 largest ships in the world. There are many Large ship in the world but some of them are largest in size. Here is the list of 10 largest ships in the world.
10. Q-max= Q-max is one of the largest ship in the world. This ship was made by Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. In total, contracts have been signed for the construction of 14 Q-Max vessels.
9. Queen Mary 2= Queen Mary 2 was the longest passenger ship ever built. Queen Mary 2‍ '​s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. There are also kennels and a nursery on board.
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In Bangladesh, men desperate for work perform one of the world's most dangerous jobs. They demolish huge ships in grueling conditions, braving disease, pollutio...

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The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is...

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Wor...

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; piles of ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; wires;
ships and yard; man sweeping tin plate; end of ship's hull being
cut; engines; sorting and cutting cables; cutting crew on ship;
cutting superstructure; superstructure falls away; workers on
ship's stern; section topples over; Bhavnagar: metal being cut
at strip mill; blast furnace with metal being extracted; Alang:
shop selling wood; buyers inspecting tea urns; man carrying wood
off in cart; Bhavangar: MaritimeBoard building, Chairman of
Gujarat Maritime Board H.P. Jamdar sot, partially underlaid;
Alang Yard: welder, sparks from superstructure, side of tanker
collapses, oil burning from hidden tanker, yard with work in
progress (WTN).
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RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; piles of ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; wires;
ships and yard; man sweeping tin plate; end of ship's hull being
cut; engines; sorting and cutting cables; cutting crew on ship;
cutting superstructure; superstructure falls away; workers on
ship's stern; section topples over; Bhavnagar: metal being cut
at strip mill; blast furnace with metal being extracted; Alang:
shop selling wood; buyers inspecting tea urns; man carrying wood
off in cart; Bhavangar: MaritimeBoard building, Chairman of
Gujarat Maritime Board H.P. Jamdar sot, partially underlaid;
Alang Yard: welder, sparks from superstructure, side of tanker
collapses, oil burning from hidden tanker, yard with work in
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Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns ...

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

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The moment of a cross-channel ferry's seafaring days came to a grinding halt. The ship sailed between Dover and Calais for 22 years.
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Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

BigCargo ship is beaching/crashing full speed for demolition into shore, workers risk their lives and health to break down these ships. Look how far they can p...

BigCargo ship is beaching/crashing full speed for demolition into shore, workers risk their lives and health to break down these ships. Look how far they can push it onto the beach!
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The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh: VICE INTL

There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and ...

There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed world have displaced the practice to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where cargo carriers are salvaged for their steel.
The largest vessels wind up on the shores of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where the industry has become a vital part of the country's urbanization. It employs roughly 200,000 workers and supplies the country with 80 percent of its steel. Ship breakers beach and dismantle vessels daily wearing flip­-flops and T-shirts. It's no easy task, considering ships are constructed to withstand the elements for the 30 years they spend operating on international waters. We decided to check it out.
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There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed world have displaced the practice to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where cargo carriers are salvaged for their steel.
The largest vessels wind up on the shores of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where the industry has become a vital part of the country's urbanization. It employs roughly 200,000 workers and supplies the country with 80 percent of its steel. Ship breakers beach and dismantle vessels daily wearing flip­-flops and T-shirts. It's no easy task, considering ships are constructed to withstand the elements for the 30 years they spend operating on international waters. We decided to check it out.
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Gadani Ship Breaking Yard Incident

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Reportedly, the labourers were working on an unused oil tanker when the incident occurred.
The local administration has also sought ...

Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Reportedly, the labourers were working on an unused oil tanker when the incident occurred.
The local administration has also sought assistance from the Karachi fire brigade authorities to control the situation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief over the incident and directed the concerned authorities to speed up rescue operation.
Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world‘s third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Reportedly, the labourers were working on an unused oil tanker when the incident occurred.
The local administration has also sought assistance from the Karachi fire brigade authorities to control the situation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief over the incident and directed the concerned authorities to speed up rescue operation.
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World's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat - Alang

Indian labourers working at a ship breaking site in Alang, Gujarat, India.There are 185 plots to carry out the ship-recycling activities. This activity forms an...

Indian labourers working at a ship breaking site in Alang, Gujarat, India.There are 185 plots to carry out the ship-recycling activities. This activity forms an industry by itself , as it provides around 30,000 jobs in Alang itself and generates steel totaling to millions of tons every year.
Alang beach (Gujurat, India) is one of the main ship breaking yards in the world.
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India.Alang is known as land of lakes and temples. However today Alang is known for being Asia's largest and world's one of the most important ShipRecyclingYard where various material like Melting scrap, CastIron Scrap (Beed), RollingMaterial, Profile Plates, Marine Machinery, Marine Engine, Diesel Generating Sets, Electric Motors and so many other items which are available in huge quantity of various qualities are mostly tested and certified by the world famous Lloyds Certifying Co. of England.
As per the international reports, more ships for demolition are expected for Alang as Ocean freight is very down. Presently, Alang & Sosiya has 94 ships under demolition.
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Indian labourers working at a ship breaking site in Alang, Gujarat, India.There are 185 plots to carry out the ship-recycling activities. This activity forms an industry by itself , as it provides around 30,000 jobs in Alang itself and generates steel totaling to millions of tons every year.
Alang beach (Gujurat, India) is one of the main ship breaking yards in the world.
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India.Alang is known as land of lakes and temples. However today Alang is known for being Asia's largest and world's one of the most important ShipRecyclingYard where various material like Melting scrap, CastIron Scrap (Beed), RollingMaterial, Profile Plates, Marine Machinery, Marine Engine, Diesel Generating Sets, Electric Motors and so many other items which are available in huge quantity of various qualities are mostly tested and certified by the world famous Lloyds Certifying Co. of England.
As per the international reports, more ships for demolition are expected for Alang as Ocean freight is very down. Presently, Alang & Sosiya has 94 ships under demolition.
Courtesy: http://www.alangtoday.com/
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience!
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What would you do for $3 a day? Sneeze? In Bangladesh that’s the pay in an industry where it’s a good shift if you aren’t maimed, or die.
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- 278 ocean-going ships were dismantled around the world in 2015.
- It is been called on of the worlds most dangerous jobs.
- Workers are paid less than $3 USD for a 12-16 hour shift.
- 80-90% of Bangladesh's steel comes from ship salvaging.
- The steel from the ships gets melted down and used in the construction of new buildings.
- There are no environmental regulations or labor rules in Bangladesh.
- 25% of the ship breaking workforce is under 18.
- On average, 2 workers are killed on the job each month.
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- They handle asbestos, PCBs and other hazardous waste.
- Toxic sludge from the ships gets washed out to sea by the tide.
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More Interesting facts about the ship breakers of Bangladesh:
- The cityChittagong in Bangladesh has a thriving ship breaking industry.
- 278 ocean-going ships were dismantled around the world in 2015.
- It is been called on of the worlds most dangerous jobs.
- Workers are paid less than $3 USD for a 12-16 hour shift.
- 80-90% of Bangladesh's steel comes from ship salvaging.
- The steel from the ships gets melted down and used in the construction of new buildings.
- There are no environmental regulations or labor rules in Bangladesh.
- 25% of the ship breaking workforce is under 18.
- On average, 2 workers are killed on the job each month.
- Workers strip the ships by hand, with no safety gear and usually bare foot.
- They handle asbestos, PCBs and other hazardous waste.
- Toxic sludge from the ships gets washed out to sea by the tide.
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Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.[5][6] It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service.[7] It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field.[8]
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, it was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.[5][6] It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service.[7] It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field.[8]
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, it was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully loaded, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service. It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs it was sailed to and intentionally beached at Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap
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Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. It possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully loaded, its displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind, and with a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft), it was incapable of navigating the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, it was generally considered the largest ship ever built.It was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War, but was later salvaged and restored to service. It was last used as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) moored off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for its final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs it was sailed to and intentionally beached at Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap
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Top 10 Biggest Ships Ever Built in History

Top 10 Biggest ShipsEverBuilt in History
Which ship is the largest ship of the world? The very first name which comes to our minds is the Titanic. Undoubted...

Top 10 Biggest ShipsEverBuilt in History
Which ship is the largest ship of the world? The very first name which comes to our minds is the Titanic. Undoubtedly Titanic was one of the most famous ships which met with quite a memorable trouble on its first journey. There are many other giant ships of which most of us are not aware. Here we have brought a list of top 10 biggest ships ever built in history. Some of them are scrapped and some are in active service.
The world’s biggest ships are listed according to their overall length, deadweight tonnage and gross tonnage. The list includes the current record-holders, either as individual ships or ship classes, of each major ship type as well as some former record-holders and larger vessels that have been scrapped.
10. TI Class Supertanker
The deadweight tonnage of TI Oceania is around 440,000 tones along with the speed capacity of speed between 16 to 18 knots. TI Oceaniais a master piece ship highly laden with technology to hurdle all the obstacles which might occur during the journeys. The length of TI Oceania is 380 m (1,247 ft).
9. Berge Emperor
The ship weighed 211,360 tons and had a length of 381.82 meters. The ship was owned by Bergesen d.y. & Co. but in the year 1985 it was sold to Maastow BV. and the ship’s name was changed to “Emperor”. The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung on the 30th of March 1986.
8. CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt
The length of the massive big ship is 396 m (1,299 ft). The deadweight tonnage of CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt is almost 187,624 tones.
7. Emma MaerskIt’s a Container ship which carries different goods from country to country. It is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) or 14,770 TEU depending on definition. The length of the massive big ship is 397.71 m (1,305 ft).
6. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
Along with her sister ships, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is the world’s largest and most efficient operational container ship as of 2013, totalling 399 metres (1,309 ft) in length and with a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers. She has a maximum speed of 23 knots.
5. EssoAtlantic
Esso Atlantic is one of the most popular name in the history of the big ships. This huge ship, 406.57 m (1,333.9 ft) long has an incredible deadweight capacity of 516,891 tons. Esso Atlantic has served the world with its consistent services level of straight 35 years. There’s no need to say that it used to be the best ship of its time.
4. Batillus
With the deadweight capacity of almost 554,000 tones and the speed 16 to 17 knots and length of 414.22 m (1,359 feet), Batillus was the 4th biggest ship. She made her last journey on December 28, 1985, from Vestnes to Kaoshiung (Taiwan).
3. Pierre Guillaumat
The deadweight tonnage of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 555,000 tones with near about 16 knots of speed. The length of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 414.22 m (1,360 feet).
2. Seawise Giant
It was built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd. at their shipyard in Japan. During the Iran-Iraq War it was damaged by an air force attack. It was sank and was considered completely lost. However the wreckage was salvaged and repaired. After the repairs she was back in service as Happy Giant.
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After that, it was intentionally beached in India for demolition. Along with the title of being the biggest ship of the world at that time, it also holds the title of being the biggest Oil tanker type ship ever built.
1. Prelude FLNGPrelude is the biggest ship of the world ever built till present. A hull longer than the Empire State Building is tall, was launched in South Korea in December 2013. Measuring 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 74 m (243 ft) wide, the hull belongs to Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which is the largest floating facility ever built. More than 260,000 tonnes of steel is used in its construction. In operation, it would weigh more than 600,000 tonnes; more than five times the weight of the largest aircraft carrier.
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Top 10 Biggest ShipsEverBuilt in History
Which ship is the largest ship of the world? The very first name which comes to our minds is the Titanic. Undoubtedly Titanic was one of the most famous ships which met with quite a memorable trouble on its first journey. There are many other giant ships of which most of us are not aware. Here we have brought a list of top 10 biggest ships ever built in history. Some of them are scrapped and some are in active service.
The world’s biggest ships are listed according to their overall length, deadweight tonnage and gross tonnage. The list includes the current record-holders, either as individual ships or ship classes, of each major ship type as well as some former record-holders and larger vessels that have been scrapped.
10. TI Class Supertanker
The deadweight tonnage of TI Oceania is around 440,000 tones along with the speed capacity of speed between 16 to 18 knots. TI Oceaniais a master piece ship highly laden with technology to hurdle all the obstacles which might occur during the journeys. The length of TI Oceania is 380 m (1,247 ft).
9. Berge Emperor
The ship weighed 211,360 tons and had a length of 381.82 meters. The ship was owned by Bergesen d.y. & Co. but in the year 1985 it was sold to Maastow BV. and the ship’s name was changed to “Emperor”. The ship was scrapped at Kaohsiung on the 30th of March 1986.
8. CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt
The length of the massive big ship is 396 m (1,299 ft). The deadweight tonnage of CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt is almost 187,624 tones.
7. Emma MaerskIt’s a Container ship which carries different goods from country to country. It is able to carry around 11,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) or 14,770 TEU depending on definition. The length of the massive big ship is 397.71 m (1,305 ft).
6. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
Along with her sister ships, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is the world’s largest and most efficient operational container ship as of 2013, totalling 399 metres (1,309 ft) in length and with a cargo capacity of 18,270 TEU containers. She has a maximum speed of 23 knots.
5. EssoAtlantic
Esso Atlantic is one of the most popular name in the history of the big ships. This huge ship, 406.57 m (1,333.9 ft) long has an incredible deadweight capacity of 516,891 tons. Esso Atlantic has served the world with its consistent services level of straight 35 years. There’s no need to say that it used to be the best ship of its time.
4. Batillus
With the deadweight capacity of almost 554,000 tones and the speed 16 to 17 knots and length of 414.22 m (1,359 feet), Batillus was the 4th biggest ship. She made her last journey on December 28, 1985, from Vestnes to Kaoshiung (Taiwan).
3. Pierre Guillaumat
The deadweight tonnage of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 555,000 tones with near about 16 knots of speed. The length of Pierre Guillaumat was almost 414.22 m (1,360 feet).
2. Seawise Giant
It was built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd. at their shipyard in Japan. During the Iran-Iraq War it was damaged by an air force attack. It was sank and was considered completely lost. However the wreckage was salvaged and repaired. After the repairs she was back in service as Happy Giant.
The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After that, it was intentionally beached in India for demolition. Along with the title of being the biggest ship of the world at that time, it also holds the title of being the biggest Oil tanker type ship ever built.
1. Prelude FLNGPrelude is the biggest ship of the world ever built till present. A hull longer than the Empire State Building is tall, was launched in South Korea in December 2013. Measuring 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 74 m (243 ft) wide, the hull belongs to Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which is the largest floating facility ever built. More than 260,000 tonnes of steel is used in its construction. In operation, it would weigh more than 600,000 tonnes; more than five times the weight of the largest aircraft carrier.
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Top 10 Largest Ships In The World

In this video I tried to describe the top 10 largest ships in the world. There are many Large ship in the world but some of them are largest in size. Here is t...

In this video I tried to describe the top 10 largest ships in the world. There are many Large ship in the world but some of them are largest in size. Here is the list of 10 largest ships in the world.
10. Q-max= Q-max is one of the largest ship in the world. This ship was made by Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. In total, contracts have been signed for the construction of 14 Q-Max vessels.
9. Queen Mary 2= Queen Mary 2 was the longest passenger ship ever built. Queen Mary 2‍ '​s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. There are also kennels and a nursery on board.
8. Oasis class= The Oasis class is a class of Royal Caribbean International cruise ships which are the world's largest passenger ships. Oasis-class ships feature a split structure, with the 5-deck high "Central Park" and "Boardwalk" outdoor areas running down the middle of the ship. These areas feature lush tropical gardens, upscale restaurants, shops, and a working carousel.
7. Valemax= Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed. The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil, was delivered in 2011. Initially, all 35 ships were expected to be in service by 2013, but as of June 2015 one ship is still under construction.
6. TI class= The TI Class of ships are currently the four largest ships in the world. All four oil tankers were constructed for shipping company Hellespont by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2002-03.
5. Pioneering Spirit= Pioneering Spirit is the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel built for the Allseas company. In June 2010 the main construction contract was signed with South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd at Geoje.
4. CSCL Globe= MV CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes,[5] it was the largest container ship in the world at the time of its launch in November 2014.
3. EssoAtlantic= Esso Atlantic, built 1977. 1983 Transferred to Bahamian flag owned by Esso InternationalShipping (Bahamas) Co Ltd, Nassau.
2. Batillus class= The Batillus-class supertanker was a class of tanker ships built in France at the end of the 1970s. While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage, the four Batillus class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant (renamed four times, including Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2009.
1. Seawise Giant= Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, she was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.
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In this video I tried to describe the top 10 largest ships in the world. There are many Large ship in the world but some of them are largest in size. Here is the list of 10 largest ships in the world.
10. Q-max= Q-max is one of the largest ship in the world. This ship was made by Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. In total, contracts have been signed for the construction of 14 Q-Max vessels.
9. Queen Mary 2= Queen Mary 2 was the longest passenger ship ever built. Queen Mary 2‍ '​s facilities include fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, and the first planetarium at sea. There are also kennels and a nursery on board.
8. Oasis class= The Oasis class is a class of Royal Caribbean International cruise ships which are the world's largest passenger ships. Oasis-class ships feature a split structure, with the 5-deck high "Central Park" and "Boardwalk" outdoor areas running down the middle of the ship. These areas feature lush tropical gardens, upscale restaurants, shops, and a working carousel.
7. Valemax= Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed. The first Valemax vessel, Vale Brasil, was delivered in 2011. Initially, all 35 ships were expected to be in service by 2013, but as of June 2015 one ship is still under construction.
6. TI class= The TI Class of ships are currently the four largest ships in the world. All four oil tankers were constructed for shipping company Hellespont by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea in 2002-03.
5. Pioneering Spirit= Pioneering Spirit is the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel built for the Allseas company. In June 2010 the main construction contract was signed with South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd at Geoje.
4. CSCL Globe= MV CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes,[5] it was the largest container ship in the world at the time of its launch in November 2014.
3. EssoAtlantic= Esso Atlantic, built 1977. 1983 Transferred to Bahamian flag owned by Esso InternationalShipping (Bahamas) Co Ltd, Nassau.
2. Batillus class= The Batillus-class supertanker was a class of tanker ships built in France at the end of the 1970s. While being the largest ships ever built by gross tonnage, the four Batillus class ships were the second largest ever constructed when measuring deadweight tonnage or length overall, behind only the supertanker Seawise Giant (renamed four times, including Knock Nevis), which existed from 1979 to 2009.
1. Seawise Giant= Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and finally Mont, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built. The vessel was sold to Indian ship breakers, and renamed Mont for her final journey in December 2009. After clearing Indian customs, she was sailed to, and intentionally beached at, Alang, Gujarat, India, to be broken up for scrap.
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Shipbreakers

This feature documentary profiles a bustling Indian shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions.

published: 21 Jun 2017

The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give ...

published: 24 Jan 2013

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,00...

Ship breaking

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of a 25–30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render it uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steel-making process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be reused. While ship breaking is, in theory, sustainable, there are concerns about the use of poorer countries without string...

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SMIT Salvage - Salvage of sunken car carrier Tricolor

Another wreck removal from back in the day that started the era of the big wreck removals, watch the incredible and unprecedented tandem heavy lift of a wreck section with at that time the largest sheerlegs in the world

published: 16 Jun 2017

Mega Ship The world's largest oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude .
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An aircraft carrier is a warship for launching and receiving aircraft (combat aircraft, helicopters) from its deck. These buildings have a considerable military power .
Wonderful documentary about living on giant aircraft carrier and the history of these huge ship. An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary role is transportation in .
A dry dock is a basin that allows the accommodation of ships and their dry up for their maintenance, fairing (or repair: repair the hull of a ship, cleaning, painting .

Svitzer Salvage - CP VALOUR wreck removal

Why do ship always run aground on the wrong side on the island ?
Watch the tricky and surgical removal of the CP Valour from the Azores

published: 22 Jun 2017

Big Bigger Biggest - Submarine | National Geographic Documentary

published: 20 Jun 2016

The Merchant Navy - Episode 01

The MerchantNavy is a reality television program that hit the airwaves in the UK in late 2008.
Produced by Scottish Television and sponsored by Careersatsea.org, the show follows the daily operations of professional seafarers, generally new recruits, aboard various types of UK registered ships.
Episode 1 of 6.

published: 20 Mar 2015

Gangut: The Tide Breaker. Re-enactment of the first naval victory of Peter the Great

Artillery fire, battleships in full sail, Russian galleys on the attack, the Swedish admiral orders the white flag to be raised… This is no history lesson but an account of a large-scale naval reenactment held near the town of Hanko, in Finland. 300 years ago the Russian fleet recorded its first naval victory, defeating the powerful Swedish fleet at the Battle of Gangut. Our film crew was on hand to shoot all the action, as enthusiasts from Russia and Finland travelled back to the 18th century to commemorate the historic victory.
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The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is...

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Wor...

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns ...

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

Ship breaking

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or fo...

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of a 25–30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render it uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steel-making process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be reused. While ship breaking is, in theory, sustainable, there are concerns about the use of poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is also considered one of the world's most dangerous industries and very labour-intensive.
In 2012, roughly 1,250 ocean ships were broken down, and their average age is 26 years. In 2013, Asia made up 92% of the tonnage of vessels demolished, out of a world total of 29,052,000 tonnes. India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan have the highest market share and are global centres of ship breaking, with Alang being the largest 'ships graveyard' in the world. The largest sources of ships are states of China, Greece and Germany respectively, although there is a greater variation in the source of carriers versus their disposal. The ship breaking yards of the Indian subcontinent employ 100,000 workers as well as providing a large amount of indirect jobs. Water-craft produce 10% of India's steel needs.
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Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of a 25–30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render it uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steel-making process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be reused. While ship breaking is, in theory, sustainable, there are concerns about the use of poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is also considered one of the world's most dangerous industries and very labour-intensive.
In 2012, roughly 1,250 ocean ships were broken down, and their average age is 26 years. In 2013, Asia made up 92% of the tonnage of vessels demolished, out of a world total of 29,052,000 tonnes. India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan have the highest market share and are global centres of ship breaking, with Alang being the largest 'ships graveyard' in the world. The largest sources of ships are states of China, Greece and Germany respectively, although there is a greater variation in the source of carriers versus their disposal. The ship breaking yards of the Indian subcontinent employ 100,000 workers as well as providing a large amount of indirect jobs. Water-craft produce 10% of India's steel needs.
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SMIT Salvage - Salvage of sunken car carrier Tricolor

Another wreck removal from back in the day that started the era of the big wreck removals, watch the incredible and unprecedented tandem heavy lift of a wreck s...

Another wreck removal from back in the day that started the era of the big wreck removals, watch the incredible and unprecedented tandem heavy lift of a wreck section with at that time the largest sheerlegs in the world

Another wreck removal from back in the day that started the era of the big wreck removals, watch the incredible and unprecedented tandem heavy lift of a wreck section with at that time the largest sheerlegs in the world

Mega Ship The world's largest oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude ...

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude .
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Climb aboard the cargo ship OOCLAtlanta as she journeys from Hong Kong to Singapore. How does a minimal crew keep this 1000ft-long vessel afloat in .
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An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude .
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Climb aboard the cargo ship OOCLAtlanta as she journeys from Hong Kong to Singapore. How does a minimal crew keep this 1000ft-long vessel afloat in .
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An aircraft carrier is a warship for launching and receiving aircraft (combat aircraft, helicopters) from its deck. These buildings have a considerable military...

An aircraft carrier is a warship for launching and receiving aircraft (combat aircraft, helicopters) from its deck. These buildings have a considerable military power .
Wonderful documentary about living on giant aircraft carrier and the history of these huge ship. An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary role is transportation in .
A dry dock is a basin that allows the accommodation of ships and their dry up for their maintenance, fairing (or repair: repair the hull of a ship, cleaning, painting .

An aircraft carrier is a warship for launching and receiving aircraft (combat aircraft, helicopters) from its deck. These buildings have a considerable military power .
Wonderful documentary about living on giant aircraft carrier and the history of these huge ship. An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary role is transportation in .
A dry dock is a basin that allows the accommodation of ships and their dry up for their maintenance, fairing (or repair: repair the hull of a ship, cleaning, painting .

The MerchantNavy is a reality television program that hit the airwaves in the UK in late 2008.
Produced by Scottish Television and sponsored by Careersatsea.org, the show follows the daily operations of professional seafarers, generally new recruits, aboard various types of UK registered ships.
Episode 1 of 6.

The MerchantNavy is a reality television program that hit the airwaves in the UK in late 2008.
Produced by Scottish Television and sponsored by Careersatsea.org, the show follows the daily operations of professional seafarers, generally new recruits, aboard various types of UK registered ships.
Episode 1 of 6.

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Gangut: The Tide Breaker. Re-enactment of the first naval victory of Peter the Great

Artillery fire, battleships in full sail, Russian galleys on the attack, the Swedish admiral orders the white flag to be raised… This is no history lesson but a...

Artillery fire, battleships in full sail, Russian galleys on the attack, the Swedish admiral orders the white flag to be raised… This is no history lesson but an account of a large-scale naval reenactment held near the town of Hanko, in Finland. 300 years ago the Russian fleet recorded its first naval victory, defeating the powerful Swedish fleet at the Battle of Gangut. Our film crew was on hand to shoot all the action, as enthusiasts from Russia and Finland travelled back to the 18th century to commemorate the historic victory.
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Artillery fire, battleships in full sail, Russian galleys on the attack, the Swedish admiral orders the white flag to be raised… This is no history lesson but an account of a large-scale naval reenactment held near the town of Hanko, in Finland. 300 years ago the Russian fleet recorded its first naval victory, defeating the powerful Swedish fleet at the Battle of Gangut. Our film crew was on hand to shoot all the action, as enthusiasts from Russia and Finland travelled back to the 18th century to commemorate the historic victory.
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Where Ships Go to Die, Workers Risk Everything | National Geographic

In Bangladesh, men desperate for work perform one of the world's most dangerous jobs. They demolish huge ships in grueling conditions, braving disease, pollution, and the threat of being crushed or stabbed by steel sliced from the hulls.
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1:12:52

Shipbreakers

This feature documentary profiles a bustling Indian shantytown where 40,000 people live an...

The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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India - Ship Breaking

RR9507/D - INDIA: SHIP BREAKING
(dur: 6 min 4 sec/eng. sot: 1 min 2 sec)
The Indian beach of Alang near Bhavnagar in Western Guajarat
State is one of the largest ship breaking yards in the world. At
any one time more than a hundred vessels from small cruisers to
massive oil tankers can be seen scattered in pieces across a
five kilometre stretch of the shore. Working a gruelling seventy
hours a week in soaring temperatures crews of Indian workers
have turned the place into a vast and eerie ship's cemetery.
SHOWS
Alang, Guajarat: workers' cottages and ship breaking yard;
crane; workers; ships berthed at sea; workers carrying metal
sheets; welders cutting metal with ships in background; people
knocking out rivets; crane lifting steel plate; welding; sorting
out metals; piles of ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; wires;
ships and yard; man sweeping tin plate; end of ship's hull being
cut; engines; sorting and cutting cables; cutting crew on ship;
cutting superstructure; superstructure falls away; workers on
ship's stern; section topples over; Bhavnagar: metal being cut
at strip mill; blast furnace with metal being extracted; Alang:
shop selling wood; buyers inspecting tea urns; man carrying wood
off in cart; Bhavangar: MaritimeBoard building, Chairman of
Gujarat Maritime Board H.P. Jamdar sot, partially underlaid;
Alang Yard: welder, sparks from superstructure, side of tanker
collapses, oil burning from hidden tanker, yard with work in
progress (WTN).
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15:50

Ship Breakers | Bangladesh

Broadcast: 17 February 2013 on Sunday Night, Seven Network, Australia.
It's one of the mo...

Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

Final destination: Ferry crashes into ship-breaking yard in Turkey

Courtesy Salim San.
The moment of a cross-channel ferry's seafaring days came to a grinding halt. The ship sailed between Dover and Calais for 22 years.
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World's largest ship breaking yard Alang........(1)

The shipyards at Alang recycle approximately half of all ships salvaged around the world.I...

Ship Beaching FULL SPEED on Breaking Yard: Where Ships go to die. People are dangerously close!

BigCargo ship is beaching/crashing full speed for demolition into shore, workers risk their lives and health to break down these ships. Look how far they can push it onto the beach!
Location: Gaddani, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
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20:42

Supertanker FRONT DRIVER beaching itself at Gadani Pakistan.

Supertanker named FRONT DRIVER, built in 1991 by Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea (and...

The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh: VICE INTL

There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed world have displaced the practice to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where cargo carriers are salvaged for their steel.
The largest vessels wind up on the shores of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, where the industry has become a vital part of the country's urbanization. It employs roughly 200,000 workers and supplies the country with 80 percent of its steel. Ship breakers beach and dismantle vessels daily wearing flip­-flops and T-shirts. It's no easy task, considering ships are constructed to withstand the elements for the 30 years they spend operating on international waters. We decided to check it out.
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The Wire Nest...life In Mumbai's Shipbreaking Yards

We all have heard of the Titanic, its love story, and how it laid to rest under the ocean. But for lesser ships there is a different grave waiting. One which is an obscure & lucrative business for a few known as Ship breaking, Countless numbers of used ships are sent to developing countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Turkey where they are systematically broken down by the cheap labor hired by these ship breakers . 'The WireNest...Life In Mumbai's Ship-Breaking Yards' is a documentary on the condition of these workers, the majority who live in filthy and hazardous circumstances .This documentary specifically gives an insight on the conditions of the ship breaking workers in Mumbai the city which is the hub for many activities known and unknown. To build awareness and give an insight on the deteriorating conditions of the workers. And the shocking lack of human consideration given to them. Take note as this time we go even deeper into the graveyard taking a closer glimpse into the hardships and tragedies these workers face, doing their job while constantly being under real mortal danger .The story of a family man, a lady who lost her family, a family who got compensation for their dead son, and the result of the workers strike for a fellow worker. A honest glimpse into the cogs that run the ship breaking industry.

26:14

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong...

Scrapped: the deadly business of dismantling ships in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has no metal resources of its own city, so the shipbreaking yards in Chittagong, its largest second city, generate high profits for their owners. Workers though, enjoy none of the benefits of that profit; wages are barely enough to live on and there are no health and safety regulations to protect them. Injuries are a frequent occurrence and even death is not uncommon.
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36:58

Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men us...

Echoes of Ship Breaking

The bothering heat and shouts of his Mukadam mingles with the echoes of machine and men usually 30 to 70 feet below him. He has to silence it all when he turns on his blow torch and focuses solely on weakening the structure of the very ship he stands on; right now he is working on the metal holdings around the mast. He stands away cautiously as the weakened mast is hooked on to a whinge and it's pulled down. The bulking mast hits the bottom of the hull, the boom reaches his ears and touches his skin, it reminds him a little bit of his village, of his childhood, when he would drop a metal bucket in well to collect water. With no time for nostalgia he gets back to cutting another part of the hull, he does this every day for 8-10 hours; his safety net is his experience.
He is one of the 66,000 workers who work on the ship breaking yards at Alang in Gujarat and Darukhana in Mumbai. They migrate from UP, Orissa, Bihar and various other states across India in search of employment and better life. The job of these workers is to strip the raw materials from these ships and sell them to various integral industries i.e. construction, steel mills, to name a few.
The ship breaking industry as always been surrounded with myths and controversies. With many reports in the media mostly giving it a broad tag of "hazardous to environment" which is far from the truth, what ship-breaking actually does is reuse valuable raw materials striped from a dead ship, which would end up being more hazardous if left in the sea.
The primary pressing issue of ship breaking which gets skirted is its workers. The process of ship-breaking requires workers from the start to the end. Often to skirt costs; untrained contractual workers will be hired, safety equipment will be ignored and benefits will be skimmed.
In this documentary 'Echoes of Ship-Breaking' we'll be entering through the backdoor of the ship-breaking industry to see:
• How the industry processes labour and ships
• How ships are brought in and labourers are hired, and how it starts
• The industry's questionable history regarding worker laws
• Why and how ship breaking reached India
• How ship breaking affects the environment
• Breaking down the process of ship-breaking in India
• Its contribution to India and the future of ship breaking in India

20:42

Supertanker FRONT DRIVER beaching itself at Gadani Pakistan.

Supertanker named FRONT DRIVER, built in 1991 by Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea (and...

Ship breaking

Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, ship recycling, or ship disposal. Modern ships have a lifespan of a 25–30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render it uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for mined iron ore and reduces energy use in the steel-making process. Equipment on board the vessel can also be reused. While ship breaking is, in theory, sustainable, there are concerns about the use of poorer countries without stringent environmental legislation. It is also considered one of the world's most dangerous industries and very labour-intensive.
In 2012, roughly 1,250 ocean ships were broken down, and their average age is 26 years. In 2013, Asia made up 92% of the tonnage of vessels demolished, out of a world total of 29,052,000 tonnes. India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan have the highest market share and are global centres of ship breaking, with Alang being the largest 'ships graveyard' in the world. The largest sources of ships are states of China, Greece and Germany respectively, although there is a greater variation in the source of carriers versus their disposal. The ship breaking yards of the Indian subcontinent employ 100,000 workers as well as providing a large amount of indirect jobs. Water-craft produce 10% of India's steel needs.
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Recession In Marine Industry..!

Video on Current Maritime industry scenario and causes for recession in marine industry. M...

SMIT Salvage - Salvage of sunken car carrier Tricolor

Another wreck removal from back in the day that started the era of the big wreck removals, watch the incredible and unprecedented tandem heavy lift of a wreck section with at that time the largest sheerlegs in the world

1:06:06

Mega Ship The world's largest oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk ...

Mega Ship The world's largest oil tanker

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Mexico City – A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital ...Alejandro Murat, neither of whom had serious injuries ... The U.S ... ....

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A cruise ship that had to have 23 members of an unruly family booted off after a mass brawl has docked in Melbourne... An NSW police investigation is now under way into the brawl that broke out in the early hours of Friday at the ship’s nightclub ... David Barkho says his son phoned and begged him to call authorities after he sustained a head injury while on the ship....

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A Carnival cruise devolved into near-anarchy during its 10 days in the South Pacific, with some passengers locking themselves inside their cabins, others kicked off the ship and security guards brawling with holidaymakers in a bare-knuckles melee ...Mass brawl on ship bound for Melbourne 'sparked by a thong' ... * 200 hit by gastro on Sea Princess cruise ship docking in Brisbane. * Norwegian Star cruise ship breaks down near Australia....

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